Just finished another Douglas Coupland novel, Microserfs. I don’t know how he manages to write a novel about technology and keep it timely 13 years later, but he does. Next up is Generation X.
in london
My name is Kevin and I am a Canadian in London. Blooo ooooooog.
It’s like male geeks don’t know how to deal with real live women, so they just assume it’s a user interface problem. Not their fault. They’ll just wait for the next version to come out–something more ‘user friendly.’
Microserfs
“Is that a Sue Grafton novel?”
“Y is for Yes.”
I like to think I’ve matured a lot since high school. But I still put off sleeping for no good reason knowing full well that I will feel terribly tomorrow. I think I’m actually too lazy to go to bed. That’s pretty fucking lazy.
The washing machines in England take substantially longer than the dryers. It throws off my entire laundry doing rhythm.
The clouds over London move really quickly. Even the weather is in a hurry.
First entry
Instead of saying “Hello” Londoners like to say “Alright?” But they don’t expect a response.